YUKI ASAHINA

I am a lecturer (assistant professor) in Japanese Studies at the University of Manchester. 

My broad research interests include social inequality, cultural sociology, and political sociology, focusing on Japan and South Korea. I employ various qualitative methods and a comparative lens to explore how individuals experience and respond to economic inequality and insecurity. Additionally, I am interested in the rise of right-wing movements and ideologies. 

My research has been published or forthcoming in general sociology journals (Sociology and International Sociology), specialized social science journals (Politics&Society and Nations and Nationalism), and Asian studies journals (Journal of Asian Studies and Journal of Contemporary Asia).

I earned my Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa in 2019. I spent a year at the Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow and four years at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul, South Korea, as an assistant and associate professor before joining Manchester. I currently hold visiting positions at Osaka Metropolitan University and Waseda University in Japan.

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​You can reach me at yuki.asahina[at]manchester.ac.uk